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Thread: $30 at a yard sale for rusty tools, good/bad?

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    Question $30 at a yard sale for rusty tools, good/bad?

    good or bad, I'm not sure yet, paid $30 for everything, if anyone sees anything that might be a gloat in the making let me know
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    Looks like a deal to me...the plane looks like it would be worth the $30!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duncan Potter View Post
    Looks like a deal to me...the plane looks like it would be worth the $30!
    Just what I was going to say, picked one up myself about 2 weeks ago, and it was $27.
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    Wow, let's see... if those two eggbeaters are any good, I'd say at least ten bucks each. If the brace is a decent brand, at least $15 worth right there. The chisel in the foreground is probably at least worth ten bucks.

    Is that a Yankee push drill behind the pipe wrench?

    Yeah, I'd say ya done good there.
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    Nice buy

    Besides a lot of good user tools the chisel in the foreground looks like a Stanley 750 - sharpen it well - it's worth more than money.

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    The vice the plane and the brace are prolly worth that each.

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    The Stanley Vise and the brace look good

    Brace looks a lot like my US made vintage "Pexto" # 5310

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    if you dont want them, i will take the plumbob, eggbeaters, straightedge, plane, and vise off your hands. wouldnt want your workshop to get crowded with old rusty stuff

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    The chisel is a stanley, the brace doesn't have any manufacturere or marking on it, and niether does the plane other than "made in USA". Any thoughs what these might be?

    As far as the saws, one is E.C Atkins and 2 Disston, any thoughts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Koepke View Post
    if you dont want them, i will take the plumbob, eggbeaters, straightedge, plane, and vise off your hands. wouldnt want your workshop to get crowded with old rusty stuff
    You ahve a deal Lee, but you need to be here within the hour to pick them up, otherwise I'll just put them in the trash

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    Cool lookin plum bob and clothespin. Oh and the rest looks good too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norman Pyles View Post
    Cool lookin plum bob and clothespin. Oh and the rest looks good too.
    that clothespin is a pretty nice touch, I'll probably spend some time refinishing that beauty.

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    If that is a RIDGID aluminum pipe wrench you have your money back there. I would say you did well provided you clean them up and put them to work.

    There are several good tutoriald on cleaning and sharpening the saws. It isn't hard. Even I can do it.
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    Short answer... yes!

    I bet if you were truly questioning this, you could list every single one of these on the Bay separately with starting bid of .01 plus shipping and no reserve and make a lot more than $30 back!
    Dewey

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